For over 100 years the Eiffel Tower has been hailed as an architectural landmark, an engineering feat, a monument, a destination…. now it will reveal its music.

Composer Joseph Bertolozzi harvested the Eiffel Tower’s sounds using microphones placed on its surfaces and is writing a work entitled Tower Music or “Musique de la Tour,”using only the natural sounds of the Tower itself. A CD release will follow.

Bertolozzi was granted permission to pursue “Musique de la Tour” by the Eiffel Tower’s administration after proving the care he took with his previous project Bridge Music, using techniques that would not damage structural integrity and providing safe conditions for the musicians.